The 14 Best TV Shows and Movies Vogue Editors Watched in 2018

’Tis the season . . . for firing up your DVR, On Demand menu, or streaming service of choice and catching up on all of the TV and movies you may have missed this year. On the hunt for recs? Vogue asked its editors for their favorite TV shows and movies of 2018—in some cases, right down to the episode. Here, their preferred prestige TV, British reality shows . . . and CGI-animated teddy bears.

“The ‘Teddy Perkins’ episode of Atlanta was unlike anything I’d ever seen on TV: a David Lynch–ian blend of surrealism, pop culture, and horror in the vein of Get Out. It gave me nightmares for weeks.” —Chioma Nnadi, Fashion News Director

“Hands down, The Great British Bake Off. All of my friends—and even newly met party revelers—have been forced to hear of my late-in-life discovery of baking, and it’s all due to this show. While I will always miss the OG of Bake Off, Mary Berry, the new crew is equally inspiring and biting. After six seasons, just call me #EddyCrocker.” —Edward Barsamian, Style Editor

“Crazy Rich Asians was total eye candy and the feel-good rom-com that I needed this summer. I laughed, I cried, I gawked. Personally, it was also an incredible moment to not only see an all-Asian cast but to see them dominate at the box office. Already can’t wait for the sequel.” —Lucie Zhang, Senior Social Media Manager

“Wild Wild Country on Netflix, mostly because it revived the phrase ‘tough titties,’ which I now try to drop into conversation whenever possible and (in)appropriate.” —Julia Felsenthal, Contributor

“This might be TMI but Outlander’s ‘The Wedding’ episode from season one, on repeat. Trust me and watch. It will bring a smile to your face and a tear to your eye. I’ve also enjoyed season four, which just started up in November, but nothing will ever be as good as that first season when the main characters—Jamie and Claire—were still getting to know each other and falling in love. Still, seeing them grapple with life in America in this most recent installment is well worth tuning in for.” —Alexandra Macon, Living Contributing Editor

“Patrick Wang’s A Bread Factory, which is about the art happening all around you all the time, was the best film I saw this year. I haven’t laughed so hard during a movie in a long time, and I hope more people will seek it out.” —Lisa Macabasco, Senior Digital Research Editor

“The best thing I watched on TV this year was Succession. It hilariously (and savagely) grappled with wealth, capitalism, media, family, aging, and how hard it is to be human. What a miss by the Golden Globes.” —Taylor Antrim, Executive Editor

“I would have to say that I became completely obsessed with Pose. After a fairly dopey start—mythical scholarship to mythical dance academy and a lot of preachy speechifying about living your dream—I felt the series really took off by episode four. Suddenly, the characters came alive for me, all my reluctance melted away, and I fell in love with Blanca and Angel and Pray Tell and even Stan.” —Lynn Yaeger, Contributing Editor

“I am never not thinking about Sorry to Bother You. Of all the movies I saw this year, this stimulated the body—watching it is a visceral experience of gasps, laughs, and straight-up screams—and the mind. In the days after seeing Boots Riley’s magical realist film, I was aggressively trying to stir up conversations about it at work, at home, and even on the sidewalk. (Yes, I did ask a neighbor walking his dog if he thought the final scenes were meant to be open-ended, screaming, ‘What if he took the deal?!’ . . . to no response.) It’s been months now, and I’m still wondering about the film, waiting patiently for it to arrive on Netflix so I can watch it ad infinitum and compel everyone I know to do the same.” —Steff Yotka, Fashion News and Emerging Platforms Editor

“There’s just too much prestige television! I’m drowning in it! I thought Babylon Berlin was really pitch-dark and spot-on (apparently Tom Ford agreed!). The Little Drummer Girl was also excellent. Piping-hot take alert: Park Chan-wook might be known for putting Korean cinema on the map, but The Little Drummer Girl pushes him into the pantheon of the best directors working on TV, at least when it comes to the way his stories look on-screen. They’re just . . . sumptuous.” —Alessandra Codinha, Culture Editor

“The Chilling Adventures of Sabrina! It’s such a dark twist on a familiar character (similar to Riverdale) and, of course, Kiernan Shipka, who really killed it on Mad Men as the young Sally Draper, plays the iconic teenage witch.” —Lauren Tom, Editorial Producer

“I loved Barry. But, I expect great things of (star and cocreator) Bill Hader. For sheer unexpected delight, I think my favorite thing on TV in 2018 was The End of theF***ingWorld, a British show about teens on the run that was both sublimely vicious and tender in ways that felt earned, rather than sappy.” —Maya Singer, Contributor

“I just want to say that Paddington 2 is the greatest. Hugh Grant’s performance is the best in it; Sally Hawkins was better than she was in The Shape of Water; the song and dance at the end were amazing. I feel really passionately about this movie.” —Janelle Okwodu, Senior Fashion News Writer